Hollywood Dream – The Ride
| Hollywood Dream – The Ride | |
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The ride's first drop
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| Universal Studios Japan | |
| Park section | Hollywood |
| Coordinates | 34°40′00″N 135°26′02″E / 34.66655°N 135.433808°ECoordinates: 34°40′00″N 135°26′02″E / 34.66655°N 135.433808°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | 9 March 2007 |
| Cost | $50 million |
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| Type | Steel |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Designer | Universal Creative |
| Model | Mega Coaster |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 44 m (144 ft) |
| Drop | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Length | 1,200 m (3,900 ft) |
| Speed | 90 km/h (56 mph) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 2:31 |
| Max vertical angle | 50° |
| Height restriction | 132 cm (4 ft 4 in) |
| Trains | 5 trains with 9 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 36 riders per train. |
 Universal Express available |
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 Single rider line available |
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Hollywood Dream – The Ride is a steel roller coaster located at Universal Studios Japan. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard, it features inbuilt sound systems allowing riders to choose personal incidental music. The ride significantly increased the net income of Universal's Japan theme park.
In July 2006 Universal Studios Japan announced a 2007 proposed installation of a new roller coaster. Although full details of the ride were not announced, officials stated that $50 million would be invested in the attraction. At the time this was the park's second highest investment, following the $120 million The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man ride. On 9 March 2007, after approximately eight months of construction, the park officially opened Hollywood Dream.
In 2009 Universal Studios Florida opened the roller coaster Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit. Although this ride was manufactured by Maurer Söhne, and featured a different track layout, it was inspired by Hollywood Dream. Both rides use on-board audio systems allowing rider-selection of music.
In 2013 Universal Studios Japan announced that from 15 March to 7 July they would be operating the ride with sections of the trains facing backwards, under the name Hollywood Dream – The Ride – Backdrop.
Hollywood Dream is a custom-built Bolliger & Mabillard Mega Coaster. The 1,200-metre-long (3,900 ft) ride reaches a height of 44 metres (144 ft), has a maximum vertical angle of 50°, has no inversions, and has a top speed of 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph). The ride lasts two-and-a-half minutes and riders must be at least 132 centimetres (52 in) in height to ride the attraction.
Each of Hollywood Dream's 5 trains carry 36 riders in nine coaches, each having a row of four seats. All trains have an on-board audio and lighting system, with each seat having a headrest stereo sound system capable of playing one of five songs selected by the rider with a control panel inserted into the seat's restraining lap bar. The on-board audio and lighting system animates LED lights that are built into the trains' sides and front riderless pilot coach. The lighting program varies as the train moves, with different animations for different track sections and the station. The lighting pattern used for the park entrance track section gives the effect of a Comet with a sparkling head and glittering trail of light.
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